HEARTLAND LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/16/1917
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Jesse Shafer 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Russ Cipriani 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Dayton Aviators Jim Kramer 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Terre Haute Coalers Beau Grant 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Toledo Top Hats Hugh Smith 5th 1st(tied) 5th
South Bend Maroons Don Gray 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Rockford Hustlers James Doolan 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Peoria Distillers Dan Godwin 8th 1st(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Dave Britton 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Dayton Aviators Bob Sponseller 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Peoria Distillers Amby Ashby 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Terre Haute Coalers Pete Bachmann 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Rockford Hustlers Jerry Thompson 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Sid Cantrell 6th 1st(tied) 6th
South Bend Maroons Gene Smith 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Toledo Top Hats Mark Bethel 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Peoria Distillers Bob Vaughan 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Rockford Hustlers Jake Barton 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Orville Livingston 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
South Bend Maroons Tony Day 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Terre Haute Coalers Dave Sims 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Dayton Aviators Pete Geraghty 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Jim Warriner 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Toledo Top Hats Sam Hotchkins 8th 1st(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Top Hats Bill Huber 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Peoria Distillers Dick Kuchenbecker 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Rockford Hustlers Tom Johnson 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Steve Rice 4th (tied) 1st(tied) 4th(tied)
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers John Heffel 4th (tied) 1st(tied) 4th(tied)
Terre Haute Coalers Al Crouse 6th 1st(tied) 6th
South Bend Maroons John Lavey 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Dayton Aviators Tom Varger 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Rocky Brown 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Toledo Top Hats Les Whitcomb 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Terre Haute Coalers Sam Blount 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
South Bend Maroons Richey Grondin 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Ned Donnelly 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Dayton Aviators Paul Parrish 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Rockford Hustlers Dennis Chaffin 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Peoria Distillers Tillie Borup 8th 1st(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Top Hats Tommy Rowell 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Martin Whitham 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Dayton Aviators Mark Massie 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
South Bend Maroons Marty Murphy 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Tom Nelson 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Peoria Distillers Walter Duttweiler 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Rockford Hustlers Rube Long 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Terre Haute Coalers Tom Robinet 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terre Haute Coalers Charlie McCall 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Nat Barr 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Dayton Aviators Larry Peterson 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Peoria Distillers Doug Christianson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
South Bend Maroons Tom Armstrong 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Toledo Top Hats Ad Brown 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Elmer McGinnis 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Rockford Hustlers Rickie Popovitch 8th 1st(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terre Haute Coalers Luke Adams 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Dayton Aviators Mel Coffer 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
South Bend Maroons Ron Smith 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Rockford Hustlers Hank Welle 4th (tied) 1st(tied) 4th(tied)
Toledo Top Hats Don Casey 4th (tied) 1st(tied) 4th(tied)
Peoria Distillers Carl Keasler 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Rickie Egan 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Sid Blackwell 8th 1st(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Aviators Alex Bock 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Terre Haute Coalers Jim Ivory 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Cedar Rapids Rabbits John Doyle 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Toledo Top Hats Bob Maynard 4th 1st(tied) 4th
South Bend Maroons Jimmy Riccitelli 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Peoria Distillers Pete Adams 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Lou Wachner 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Rockford Hustlers Bill O'Doherty 8th 1st(tied) 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dayton Aviators George Sweeney 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Peoria Distillers John Langston 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Terre Haute Coalers Richard Pettersen 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Rockford Hustlers Pat Leeper 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Toledo Top Hats Ed Hawley 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Mike Scully 6th 1st(tied) 6th
South Bend Maroons Wiley Kalb 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Jackie Warren 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terre Haute Coalers Richard Pettersen 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Dayton Aviators George Sweeney 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Peoria Distillers John Langston 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Rockford Hustlers Mike Stalker 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Toledo Top Hats Ed Hawley 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Rabbits Mike Scully 6th 1st(tied) 6th
South Bend Maroons Wiley Kalb 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Rapids Furnituremakers Jackie Warren 8th 1st(tied) 8th
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